voltage

noun

volt·​age ˈvōl-tij How to pronounce voltage (audio)
1
: electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts
2
: intensity of feeling

Examples of voltage in a Sentence

We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
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When the motor is working hard, the voltage drops as the motor pulls power from the battery. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024 The transformers that power neon lights run at extremely high voltage — up to 15,000 volts — and sometimes fry themselves to death. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024 The waves also begin when the electrical voltage in many neurons rises and falls simultaneously once per second. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024 Thanks to careful engineering of the device’s gate interface, his team created arrays of CNT transistors with a high current and record-breaking transconductance, a figure that relates the voltage applied to a transistor to its output current. IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for voltage 

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of voltage was in 1890

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“Voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voltage. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

voltage

noun
volt·​age ˈvōl-tij How to pronounce voltage (audio)
: potential difference measured in volts

Medical Definition

voltage

noun
volt·​age ˈvōl-tij How to pronounce voltage (audio)
: electrical potential or potential difference expressed in volts

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